Made by Asking Animated short

The Last Lantern

A girl in a red hood climbs a hillside of lanterns to find the one spirit that won't stay lit.

Animated short · 2026 · in production · trailer, first cut

The story

Every lantern on the hill holds a spirit. One keeps going out.

Mira climbs a hillside where every lantern holds a spirit. One of them keeps going out, and she won't leave it in the dark.

Drawn in the look of 90s hand-drawn anime, picked frame by frame until it felt right. The full short is in production.

From the making
The first five seconds that looked right.
Same girl, seven worlds.
22 keepers out of 458 takes.
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